does anyone derive value from a displayable follow count? 

if so, what does it do for you?

what’s cool is that if enough people wanted to (pay), they could opt into a meta-client that had that featured removed.

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Hey mark! Cool! So some form of signalling in both cases? 

Let’s say your follower count went away right now, do you think you could you still demonstrate those outcomes to those 2 audiences?

I’m wondering just how important having that number is to people.

For myself: I put it on my resume (it shows I’ve grown an audience)

For others: it shows they’ve likely been here a while (early adopter -> open minded & experimental)

nice — what is it about seeing that number that leads to your trust? 

and is it a contextual trust? or a general one?

i tend to be more trusting to higher followed accounts on here